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JUNE 29, 2022

It’s no secret that the hospitality industry has been understaffed since the beginning of the pandemic. McKinsey & Company has found the biggest trends in hiring for the hospitality industry and developed a method for choosing the best employees. AI is also gaining popularity in the hospitality world.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This two-year grant has been given with the purpose of attracting youth to hospitality. The foundation also says it will collaborate with organizations to engage those between ages 16-24 who are “out of school, unemployed, and looking for a path forward in an industry that offers more than 200 career pathways.”.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2024

Gary Spencer and Erika Kauffman Gary Spencer (left) and Erika Kauffman (right), Highgate Real estate and hospitality management company Highgate expands its Hawaii leadership team with two new appointments. He will lead Cvent’s global, 1,500+ person client services organization, focusing on customer experience and client satisfaction.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 29, 2022

With July 30 being the United Nations’ “World Day Against Trafficking in Persons,” two large hotel companies announced programs to assist victims of trafficking—who are often moved though hotels—as well as training employees to identify and report trafficking situations they observe. properties.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2024

Migliorini will serve as director of food and beverage, bringing an extensive hospitality background with a career that began with Walt Disney World in Orlando, rising through the ranks to become assistant director of food and beverage at Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

All customer-facing employees at hotels must now be trained to recognize signs of trafficking, while information helpful to victims must be posted in public. According to this article by law firm Littler Global , the new laws require hotel owners to provide specific anti-human-trafficking awareness training to employees.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hospitality professionals saw the industry undergo tremendous changes in 2021. Many hospitality conferences and conventions were virtual or hybrid events , while others were forced to cancel altogether. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2019

“We are giving people a platform to give back and modeling activities they could try at their events,” explained Marla Bedrosian, executive director of global sales for Trump National Doral, who helped organize the work day at Canine Companions for Independence in Santa Rosa. Chris Kittredge Photography. Chris Kittredge Photography.

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EHL Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The hospitality industry is a thriving sector that has customer service and creating exceptional customer experiences at its core. Hospitality is also a skill, or more precisely a set of soft skills, attitudes and approaches that are in highly valuable in other industry sectors.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In fact, the multifaceted endeavor is being embraced throughout the hospitality industry at every level. In addition, Bronstein suggests that planners take a proactive approach to identify hospitality partners that are onboard with the effort of food rescue. “I The George R. It’s called the grocery pop-up store.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2022

While travel numbers continue to grow, the events industry has been forever changed since Covid stopped the world in 2019 and giving back to the community is a priority for the travel, hospitality and event professionals as we enter the new year. The tourism industry can reach a community in a (literally) organic way!

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 1, 2022

They can utilize research and training to take appropriate action when they see something suspicious at a hotel where they are producing an event. Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT) is the foremost anti-trafficking policy organization functioning to protect children and uphold their rights.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 5, 2023

. – Graduate Hotels and Saira Hospitality announce Training Camp at House Three Thirty in partnership with The LeBron James Family Foundation. The school we have created with Saira brings best-in-class hospitality education to the heart of this special community.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

However, with the chaotic state of staffing in the hospitality industry, the 140th year of celebrating labor unions merits a second look. Unionized hotels provide the stability and training that hospitality workers are seeking—they could be part of the solution to the shortage that meeting planners are waiting for.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

ESPC members have either taken the Event Service Professional Foundational Training Program or demonstrated at least 10 years of professional event service experience and comprehension of event servicing in convention centers, hotels and CVBs. Read More : Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 5, 2019

The hospitality industry is brimming with hard-working, courageous women who give their all to make sure every guest has an exceptional experience. Later in my career, I found my inspiration through developing, teaching, training and leading teams of employees. At every level of my career, hospitality has remained my passion.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Destinations International (DI) and Temple University’s School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) have partnered to help DI members further their educations and careers. Other scholarships—such as the Pathway to STHM Scholarship, awarded to those pursuing a degree in sport, tourism or hospitality fields—are also available.

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EHL Insights

AUGUST 23, 2023

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Workplace wellbeing is a determining factor for business success, especially in the hospitality industry where employee attitudes directly impact service. Wellness in an organization starts at the top, with leaders who understand the needs and motivations of their employees and prioritize proactive solutions.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

When the World Health Organization declared the pandemic to no longer be a global health emergency this month, hardly anyone blinked. Are we better or less prepared for whatever next disruption comes to the hospitality industry? Are we better or less prepared for whatever next disruption comes to the hospitality industry?

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Solimar International

MAY 8, 2022

Learn about one of the most interesting Virginia Destination Management Organizations here. What is the role of Virginia Destination Management Organizations in working with this national brand? I received a minor in Hospitality and Tourism which is how I learned about tourism management and destination marketing organizations.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2021

The pandemic has been a very rough time for the nation’s destination marketing organizations , as it has for the hospitality and meetings industry as a whole. The nonprofit offers affordable housing assistance and hospitality job training to homeless and low-income families throughout Southern California, as well.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Staffing shortages and ensuing issues have become commonplace in the hospitality and tourism industries and a stark reality meeting professionals must now grapple with at nearly every turn. Smart Meetings reported that roughly 44 million vacancies in the industry remain as of July, 2022. Building Employment Pipelines through Education.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Oaks has also worked with charity and professional organizations such as Downtown Springfield, The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and Springfield Crimestoppers. Patel is currently president and COO of Ridgemont Hospitality in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he also served as vice president of operations and development.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When she began attending college at San Jose State University, she was quick to join their Hospitality Management Program. When she graduated, she embarked on a one-year Manager in Training program with Dolce Hayes Mansion. She remembers organizing an EAO FAM tour for about 30 executive administrators.

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Travel Daily News

MARCH 29, 2023

Biosphere , the sustainability management and recognition system of the Responsible Tourism Institute , and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance have joined forces to support and implement action on Net Positive Hospitality. Sustainability and tourism will be one in the future, which calls for decisive action.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

While essential workers include various sectors such as education, supermarkets and transportation, hotel employees played an integral role in sustaining the hospitality industry—facilitating the re-emergence of in-person meetings and events that drives U.S. Acknowledging Workers’ Efforts and Commitment. an hour as of May 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds. Much Respect. “We

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

The destination brought together 340 members of the local hospitality community at Hyatt Regency New Orleans to talk about why meetings matter and how to better tell our story to decision makers at all levels. We train the next generation of leaders so they are prepared for the next stage of life,” he said. “We

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2022

The $50 million program, called “Marriott’s Bridging The Gap,” was revealed at NYU International Hospitality Investment Conference on June 6. It aims to lower the barrier to entry for groups that have been historically disadvantaged in the fields of investment and hospitality in the United States and Canada.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2022

Decker has spent more than 10 years in luxury hospitality sales. Previously, Rothberg was mademoiselle d’Etiquette at Etiquette by Tara, a self-started business that teaches children’s etiquette and hospitality training classes, which she continues to run. Johnston has more than 20 years of hospitality management experience.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

She also worked as reservations agent and manager in training for conference services and groups sales. In his 18 years in the hospitality industry, Siddiqui has worked with several large hotel brands, most recently having worked as hospitality and multifamily consultant for The Shephard Hotel in New York City. Nadeem Siddiqui.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 8, 2023

It was fitting for a program with the theme of Shaping Your Purpose to be in this progressive, fast-growing city where new hospitality infrastructure in the form of a convention hotel and diverse restaurants is taking shape. A total of 13,000 hotel rooms and 300 restaurants are within walking distance of this meeting treasure trove.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2023

Gino Marasco Marasco is managing director of hospitality sales for Timbers Company. In his 30 years in the hospitality industry, he has been part of five opening hotel teams, including The Jefferson Washington DC, Loews Chicago Hotel and Sofitel Chicago Water Tower.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It was established by the United Nations in 1980 to commemorate the same day in 1970 when the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) Statues were adopted. However, 35% of respondents stated they would choose to stay at all-inclusive resorts to receive quality hospitality for the price they pay.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2023

Read More : In the Cloud We Trust “If planners or groups want to be proactive about active threat preparation, they can do staff training, create an active threat policy as part of their office and/or conference duty of care/code of conduct, and they can develop a policy on attendees bringing weapons on site,” Kleinfeld says.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

ESPA President Jacquelyn Denise Reid on how hospitality can expand the definition of inclusive Celebrating the contributions of more than 13% of the U.S. I also use the opportunity to speak to students about the groundbreaking accomplishments of Black people in finance, medicine, technology, science and in hospitality.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. Taylor continues, “I also wish planners would involve destination marketing organizations more.

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